{"id":248794,"date":"2020-03-18T00:24:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T04:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248794"},"modified":"2020-03-18T00:24:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T04:24:19","slug":"dotr-told-to-provide-free-shuttle-service-to-health-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/18\/dotr-told-to-provide-free-shuttle-service-to-health-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTr told to provide free shuttle service to health workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Motorists and passengers have to endure traffic congestion due to checkpoint setup near the boundary of Caloocan and Bulacan on Monday (March 16, 2020). (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Inter-Agency Task Force\u00a0for the\u00a0Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has directed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to provide free shuttle services to health workers during the Luzon-wide \u201cenhanced\u201d community quarantine period.<\/p>\n

In a Palace press briefing late Tuesday night, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the IATF-EID has tasked the DOTr to deploy buses that would ferry health workers and other front-line responders while Luzon is under quarantine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Transportation, in cooperation with local government units and upon the consultation (with) the Department of Health, shall develop a system of point-to-point transport services for all the aforementioned health workers,\u201d said Nograles, who also serves as IATF-EID spokesperson.<\/p>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire island of Luzon under the enhanced community quarantine until April 12 due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the country.<\/p>\n

Over the period, work and mass public transportation are suspended for one month.<\/p>\n

However, health and emergency front-line workers are still required to go to work.
\nAmong those exempted are employees of the Department of Health (DOH), DOH-accredited hospitals, hospitals of local government units, and provincial city and rural health units.<\/p>\n

Also exempted are private health workers and volunteers of the Philippine Red Cross and the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

In a press statement, the DOTr announced that 10 buses would be initially deployed to two identified pick-up points \u2013 the Para\u00f1aque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX) and the BFCT East Metro Transport Terminal in Marikina City \u2013 to serve health workers.<\/p>\n

The DOTr ensured that buses would comply with the DOH\u2019s containment protocols, which include the observance of social distancing, body temperature checks, and regular disinfecting of vehicles.<\/p>\n

The Philippines has 187 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 14 deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Inter-Agency Task Force\u00a0for the\u00a0Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has directed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to provide …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":248795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248796,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248794\/revisions\/248796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}